How to Make a Simple and Easy Felt Pennant Banner

Beef up your tailgate decor with this quick banner tutorial.

Show your team spirit with this easy to make felt pennant banner! With a few basic supplies, you can create a colorful garland to cheer on your favorite team!

DIY felt pennant banner for tailgating

Felt Pennant Banner

Show your team spirit with this easy to make felt pennant banner. With a few basic supplies, you can create a colorful garland to cheer on your favorite team.

Photo by: Rennai Hoefer

Rennai Hoefer

Materials

  • Stiff felt
  • Printable pennant template
  • Scissors
  • Permanent marker
  • Hot glue gun/hot glue
  • Jute twine
materials for felt pennant banner

Materials for felt pennant banner

Photo by: Rennai Hoefer

Rennai Hoefer

Trace the Template

Download, print and cut out our printable pennant template. Place the template on felt and trace it with a permanent marker.

DIY Felt pennant banner for tailgating

Felt pennant banner

Photo by: Rennai Hoefer

Rennai Hoefer

Cut it Out

Use scissors to cut just inside the trace marks. Continue tracing and cutting pennants until you have as many as needed.

DIY felt pennant banner for tailgating

felt pennant banner

Photo by: Rennai Hoefer

Rennai Hoefer

Assemble

Use the hot glue to attach the felt pennants to the twine to create the banner.

DIY felt pennant banner for tailgating

DIY felt pennant banner for tailgating

Photo by: Rennai Hoefer

Rennai Hoefer

Photo by: Rennai Hoefer

Rennai Hoefer

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